About Mary
Mary Baez is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people manage stress, anxiety, addiction concerns, trauma, and depression. She brings 16 years of clinical experience and a calm, respectful presence to sessions. Parents and adults often seek her out when life feels overwhelming or relationships are strained.
Mary listens without judgment and focuses on building trust early in therapy. She aims to make people feel heard so they can talk about hard things more easily.
Background and approach
Her approach centers on the person in front of her rather than a fixed protocol. In practice she blends methods to fit each person’s needs. She draws on client-centered work to offer acceptance and on cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking patterns.
Dialectical behavior ideas are used when people need skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance. Mary also uses emotionally focused and existential approaches to help people find meaning and strengthen close bonds. She works with trauma-related concerns using trauma-informed tools to reduce distress and improve daily functioning.
Her methods are adapted for people coping with grief, workplace stress, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and life changes. Outside direct clinical work, Mary supervises newer therapists and continues learning from those she works with. She practices in California as an LMFT and offers sessions in English.
Her style is practical, down-to-earth, and aimed at helping people take small, useful steps toward feeling better.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on acceptance and listening, helping people feel understood so they can talk about what matters. It often helps with anxiety, self-esteem, and relationship concerns by making space for honest exploration.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thinking and behavior and teaches concrete strategies to reduce symptoms. It is useful for anxiety, depression, workplace stress, and coping with life changes because it gives practical tools to try between sessions.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. These skills can be especially helpful for anger, intense emotions, and situations that feel overwhelming.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has helped or not helped before. Together they choose or blend methods and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video allows face-to-face conversation, phone can fit into a quick break, chat works for shorter check-ins, and messages let people reflect in writing. These options make it easier to match therapy to a busy life and to use approaches like CBT or DBT across different formats.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also listed
Therapeutic approaches
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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